Chapter 334 Tom and Jerry

Hao Ren showed a surprised expression on his face when he saw this new work.

"So it's this... Tom and Jerry!"

It has to be said that this work really did not appear in Hao Ren's imagination.

This is an animation that accompanied many children's childhood in his previous life. Even when Hao Ren was in college, he would open the browser to find this work when he was tired of playing League in the dormitory, and he was very interested in it. Sometimes, even his roommates would run to his hanging chair to watch it.

It can be said to be an enduring comedy animation that carries the childhood memories of many people. Tom and Jerry is mainly characterized by farce, exaggeration, violence, and funny depiction of a pair of irreconcilable enemies. The collision, war, and chase between Tom and Jerry, Tom's cunning tricks and Jerry's clever response are the core of the story.

Although it is an American work, those very funny plots can produce a universal effect, and there is no gap between different races like some delicacies.

Just like Mr. Bean in the previous life, it is hard for people from any country to not laugh after watching this type of work.

This is a humor that combines pantomime humor and morbid humor, two very different styles.

What is pantomime humor?

It is similar to Chaplin's movies, a kind of humor that creates a funny atmosphere through rich body language and exaggerated expressions.

However, this kind of pantomime humor requires extremely high quality of actors, just like in the previous life, there were probably not many comedy masters who could be compared with Chaplin.

However, it doesn't matter if it is put in anime. The good thing about anime is that he can create richer body language and exaggerated expressions through the hand-painted paintings of painters, but the depiction of the details of his movements needs to be nitpicking.

But there is no difficulty in this regard. After all, Hao Ren's painting ability is still recognized, and the strength of other painters under Bika has also been rising steadily under Hao Ren's guidance.

As for the so-called morbid humor, this is easier to understand.

In the previous life, many people like to watch Tom being teased when watching Tom and Jerry. The worse Tom is teased, the louder the laughter.

This is a kind of morbid humor, which is in line with the mentality of most people who like to watch others encounter misfortunes and enjoy the fun.

If you have to keep a distance, it is a bit like the spectators in the previous life, who just like to join in the fun.

"Tom and Jerry" can also be said to be the imitation object of many morbid humor animations in China in the previous life. Many well-known domestic animations have a certain reference to this work.

For example, the famous "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf", the sheep in this work are somewhat similar to Jerry the mouse in "Tom and Jerry", and Big Big Wolf is similar to Tom the cat. In addition, "Boonie Bears" is also a very typical morbid humor work.

Even the form of expression is expressed by anthropomorphizing animals.

Of course, it's just a pity that domestic animation or movies are all commercial in nature, so whether it's Boonie Bears or Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, they can be regarded as fast-food and commercial works, which only pursue morbid humor unilaterally, and the actions of the characters are far from Tom and Jerry.

Although Tom and Jerry is only 7 minutes long per episode, it is a huge team of 150 animation workers who spend all their time creating and processing those mixtures of joy, music, and chaos. The original ingenuity can be seen from the many world famous songs interspersed in the film. There are very few lines in the whole film, and most of the emotional rendering relies on expressions and actions. This requires the characters in the work to express the emotions expressed by the lines, but not to be too exaggerated and cause overall distortion.

From this point, we can see the gap between the two sides. It is no wonder that this work has won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film twelve times and an Emmy Award.

Of course, with the development of technology, many things that were once handmade can be replaced by modern technology.

For example, exaggerated body movements result in a huge amount of drawing. When Tom and Jerry was produced in the previous life, technology was not as advanced as it is now. There was no so-called 3D modeling, no rotoscoping technology, etc.

But now these technologies have been developed, and even many places in the company have been used, so it doesn't matter in terms of manpower and time.

Even if so many people are still needed, Bika Company is not without money to recruit employees!

"It's just..."

Hao Ren couldn't help but frowned.

Although it is said that funny plots have no borders, this work is an American work after all.

So many details reflect ancient Western culture.

Not to mention other things, for example, Christmas, the witch on Christmas Eve, and the ancient medieval stories...

These all need to be modified by Hao Ren.

"It seems that I will be tired for a while!"

Hao Ren stretched, but didn't say anything. After all, if there is really no way to change it, Hao Ren plans to remove it directly.

After all, "Tom and Jerry" is not a feature film but a unit film, and there is basically no connection between episodes.

Of course, in addition to some details of the plot, the most important point also makes Hao Ren feel a little headache.

That is the soundtrack of Tom and Jerry.

It has to be said that the soundtrack of Tom and Jerry is quite in line with the development of the story. In addition to the funny plot, part of the reason for the success of this work lies in the soundtrack of Tom and Jerry.

Many people say that the success of the soundtrack of Tom and Jerry is due to the citation of a lot of classical music and symphony, such as the Blue Danube, Chopin Fantasy Improvisation in C Sharp Minor, Waltz in C Major and other music.

But to be honest, the more the "Tom and Jerry" series goes on, the more obvious changes can be seen.

That is, the number of works cited in this work is getting fewer and fewer, and the original soundtrack passages are getting more and more abundant. What jazz, modernist music, atonal music, etc., are increasingly used in subsequent works.

In the previous life, the world of classical music, symphony and symphony in "Tom and Jerry" did exist.

But the most important thing is original music.

This world doesn't have the original music that appeared in Tom and Jerry.

This moment made Hao Ren feel a little headache.

"But, forget it..." After a few minutes of distress, Hao Ren put this matter behind his mind.

Anyway, the company is not without musicians, he really doesn't believe that the cultural heritage of this world will be worse than that of the previous life?